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robbie2499 · 61-69, F
Holding on to the past, mental health issues.
bowman81 · M
Treasure is in the mind of the beholder. I be holding onto my STUFF!
HumanEarth · F
Learned Behavior
Like during hard times. Take durning the Great Depression for an example. Them people reused, repaired, and kept almost everything because resources were scarce and waste was dangerous. That time in history shape beliefs and habits that contribute to hoarding today.
Like we save every button, zipper, usable fabric from old clothes and from old cars. Nothing goes to the junk yard without someone going though and pulling out all the bulbs, switches, hose clamps, fuses, and reusable item that old car has left.
One its about saving money, two it saves trips to city when you something, but you don't have to go, because you have the stuff already.
Like during hard times. Take durning the Great Depression for an example. Them people reused, repaired, and kept almost everything because resources were scarce and waste was dangerous. That time in history shape beliefs and habits that contribute to hoarding today.
Like we save every button, zipper, usable fabric from old clothes and from old cars. Nothing goes to the junk yard without someone going though and pulling out all the bulbs, switches, hose clamps, fuses, and reusable item that old car has left.
One its about saving money, two it saves trips to city when you something, but you don't have to go, because you have the stuff already.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@HumanEarth I don't think what you describe is hoarding as long as the person has order in their stuff and sees practical purpose for the items they save. If you collect buttons and have special place where you store them, that seems pretty smart as you don't need to buy a new pack of them but use those you already have. If someone says hoarding I imagine they clutter every spare space in their home with random junk. When you enter their home they have empty boxes half blocking the corridor because "I can't throw them away, they might come in handy."
HumanEarth · F
I say it starts out that way and then it becomes extreme, obsessive an then a compulsive behavior
One man's tat is another man's treasure.
EldritchFox · 41-45, F
ArishMell · 70-79, M
Some sort of "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?"
An intense dislike of wasting anything?
A fear that having disposed of an item, it might be needed next Tuesday / October / ten years hence?
Who is to say what is "useless" anyway? It may not be to the "useless" to the owner - surplus or rarely-used perhaps.
We could invert the question too: what causes people to become extreme minimalists, their spick-and-span homes so devoid of anything but absolutely essential furniture that they resemble property-developers' brochures? (One wonders if such people have any hobbies!)
An intense dislike of wasting anything?
A fear that having disposed of an item, it might be needed next Tuesday / October / ten years hence?
Who is to say what is "useless" anyway? It may not be to the "useless" to the owner - surplus or rarely-used perhaps.
We could invert the question too: what causes people to become extreme minimalists, their spick-and-span homes so devoid of anything but absolutely essential furniture that they resemble property-developers' brochures? (One wonders if such people have any hobbies!)
Cassieee · 31-35, F
adhd
Ferric67 · M
Great question
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
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pdockal · 56-60, M
Mental issues
DancesWithWolves · 56-60, M
Loneliness, OCD, Depression, Anxiety, Feels unloved, Loner, Bipolar.
Sutten · 41-45, F
Usually, it's not about the items themselves, it's about the memories, emotions, or "just in case" thoughts attached to them.
greensnacks · F
DavidBianchet2 · 56-60, M